Come Find Yourself

I bet teenaged me would’ve liked this. And she would have been wrong. Ugh.

Hard to imagine why Huey Morgan thought this bonged-out drudgery could be called fun lovin. Criminal, sure. They do their best to nestle awkwardly in an honourable tradition of stealing freely from their forebears; in this case the Beasties, Tarantino (I guess) and (don't ask me why anyone would want to do this) Red Hot Chilli Peppers. But in the same way that buying a Barcelona shirt with Messi on the back doesn't mean your first touch no longer stinks, Cosplaying as your favourite bands doesn't mean your music is any good. It really, really, really isn't.

What a fun album! Kind of borderline "Gangstagrass" on the first track. Mixing hip hop with numerous styles, this album is just silly, while also being cool.

Great album to play while trimming your kids finger nails. Confuses them into sitting still.

I had a mate just after high school that used to play this - I'd forgotten it existed. I remember the title track but nothing else. Ok, I like that it's rap with an actual band behind it, much more interesting than what a lot of others were doing at the time. This was kinda right on that turning point as heaps of rap started just using real simple basslines as music, kinda throwing out all the cool samples and turntable stuff that made it cool a few years earlier. The band is good, they mix a whole heap of different genres but keep it funky and it always seems to work. ...except for the rap rock parts lol. That sorta thing hasn't aged well imo, was never going to. Or maybe that's just the shadow of cringey memories looming over me lol. But it's only in maybe 1-2 tracks and used pretty sparsely anyway. I also didn't realise that Scooby snacks was them - not sure how that escaped me, heard that song many times, it has that 90s swagger that I kinda miss, not in a nostalgic way but rather that I'm kinda sad people aren't doing it anymore. Naturally, being the mid-late 90s all the songs are about smoking weed... that's just how it was at the time. Except for the song about meth I guess lol. Seems a lot of the time this list just forces me to sit through 60s garbage rather than expand my mind, so it's cool to hear something that's not only mostly new to me, but that I'd also willingly listen to independently. 4/5.

La critique que je m'apprête à rédiger ne sera pas tout à fait pertinente dans le sens où j'ai été confronté à un problème dont j'assume la responsabilité. En effet, je ne me suis rendu compte qu'au milieu de l'écoute que la lecture de cet album se faisait en mode aléatoire. J'étais dès lors totalement perdu. Vous savez pertinemment que je me dois d'activer cette option la plupart du temps pour m'entraîner à l'événement que nous attendons tous et qui se tiendra selon les dernières infos début 2024 ; je veux bien entendu parler du Grand Quiz du Générateur sur TF1 qui m'opposera bien sûr à ltrapeze. Je vous tiendrai informé sur le déroulement de l'émission dès que j'aurai du nouveau.

weird album not really sure if i like it or not but still not objectively terrible

It's not bad.

Surprisingly not that bad, album was all over the place with lots of different genres mixed into Hip hop

There are some bops on here but some of it is a bit same-y. It's aight.

Good fun, immature, 90s, rockrap

Just a ton of fun, honestly really enjoyed this album. It trails off a bit on the back end, but still a strong album. Can't really identify a genre, which made it even more enjoyable Saved: The Fun Lovin' Criminal, The Grave And The Constant, Scooby Snacks, Bombin' The L*

Some good tunes here and there (1st one for example). Rest were shite-ish

I was really into the album at first and then it started to all blend together. It's a unique sound for sure but probably won't listen again

It's time to rethink some things if you come to find yourself vibing with these cringe-worthy attempts at hip hop and blues rock fusion.

I was gonna write this long spiel about how back in the 90’s I scammed both Columbia House and BMG out of their 10 CD’s for a penny deals and this CD was one of the ones I got, but it’s not a very interesting story (lots of kids my age did that back then). Also, this isn’t a very interesting record. If you played a Beck record and an Everlast record at the same time, you could probably achieve a similar effect.

There's a reason I forgot about this band. Now that I listen to this time to go back to the 90s where you belong.

It's a nice combination of rap and rock/pop (amongst other things) with a really cool vibe throughout. Nothing too serious and it's fun to hear this. I've got a soft spot for these mid nineties albums. They don't sound dated, but they do sound different (and generally better) compared to most stuff released nowadays.

As the name suggests, just a fun album. Best track: The Fun Lovin' Criminal

I'm not sure I can really appreciate this kind of stuff on the level it's supposed to be appreciated, but relative to a lot of the other hip hop this list has given me, I liked this one a lot. Thinking thematically about this + "Three Feet High and Rising" + "People's Travels..." vs. "Fear of a Black Planet" + NWA, I seem to like stuff that emphasizes the instruments over the rappers. This CD has, in relative terms, great instrumentals. It starts kind of slow - the first song is a bit of an intro, and didn't immediately grab me - it's fun, but one of the more rap-driven tracks. But each of "Passive/Aggressive", "Scooby Snacks" and "Bombin' the L" I liked immediately, and a few of the slower, funkier tracks were really nice too. They generally keep everything pretty upbeat, do a good job of featuring a few different instrumental moods, and seem to not take themselves super-seriously. I would play this again.

Good listen, but probably wouldn't listen again.

Faux gangsters - not awful but it's baffling to me how this album and group became successful. The harder grittier songs are better than the softer tracks but they are also more cringey. This is seen in all its glory on the best track: King of New York which utters the refrain "free John Gotti". Some decent tracks but zero realism which leaves me feeling empty.

An interesting mash-up of different genres but I didn't really care for it. It's been about a week since I listened to it so details are sparse but I think it was kind of uneven for me and I kind of struggled to finish it. There were some fun tracks I think but it didn't always work or come together for me. Also, not very interesting lyrically.

While certainly not the worst this genre of 90s rock/hiphop/jazz blend has to offer, and some of the samples are fun, I can't say I'm a fan. There's an inescapable element of trying-too-hard-to-be-hard to make me invested in the music.

This is another record I scorned on principle back in the ‘90’s for reasons that matter less to me today: it’s modish, affected, and unafraid of cliché - featuring Tarantino samples on its biggest hit manages to hit all three. But is it fun? A little, not much.

This is a strange one because while I don't think it is necessarily a bad album, I am not sure of how it received enough of a reputation to appear on this list. I had never heard of this rap/rock group before so I was surprised to see that their song "Scooby Snacks" had 22 million streams on Spotify; however, I was even more surprised when I heard it and realized none of it sounded familiar. Even the Wikipedia page for this album is nearly non-existent with no facts or notes on the recording or its significance (something that has been very prevalent for every other album I have received so far). Given all of this, this album just doesn't feel overly innovative or high quality for the time which makes things even stranger. By the end, it all just started to unfortunately blend together. It was cool to hear rap with real instruments (RHCP, A Tribe Called Quest, and Sublime are the first bands that come to mind when I hear this), but this just wasn't as fun as it should be due to its execution. I ultimately didn't think the rapping or the instrumentals were special enough to make this one I want to come back to. Not much to say outside of that. 2/5. NOTE: As a big James Bond fan, I did appreciate the cover of one of the best tracks from the movie franchise, "We Have All the Time in the World"; however, it didn't really try to be unique and definitely paled in comparison to the original Louis Armstrong version.

I lived through the 90s and I don't remember this band at all. And I'm perfectly happy to forget about them now.

So many good hip hop albums from the 90s and they chose this one... smh

Scooby Snacks was a jam when I was a child. That's it though, this is childish music. Put it in the children's edition.

Part II of a recent series entitled "The Inescapable Radio Mediocrity of 1996" I am fortunate now to live in a country where these poser shitheads couldn't get arrested if they tried, so I am at zero risk of ever encountering their effluent in daily life (see also: Jamiroquai). This pleases me immensely

WHAT I ENJOYED: i mean it's not 60s/70s prog rock so i guess that's cool; some fun samples GRIPES: the whole album sounds dated; the vibe is....hungover, sun-faded, lethargic, tiresome. RECCOMMENDED IF YOU LIKE: Sublime, wearing really boxy striped t-shirts from the 90s, fitted caps #540 revealed/ #534 rated

I'm shocked. The production is so good. It really sounds great. But what is this? The lyrics are whimsical at best. Hard pass for me. Maybe it would at least be "funny" if I was high?

Please tell me why this is on the list. I’m genuinely asking. The lyrics are cringe inducing and I just can’t.

sonzao nask

perfect

Love the refreshing rock-y and jazz-y vibes on the rap / hip-hop here.

Coole Scheibe

Brilliant. Smooth rapping with great guitars.

well this was well more massive than i remember it being. My memories of it at the time are scooby snacks being flogged so hard it was unlistenable and it generally being pseudo cool nonsense. don't really know if any of that has changed but i read how they came to fame by filling in for acts that didn't turn up in a club they worked in. could be a nice cover story but it makes it sound a bit more of a piss about, which fits the music better than some uber cool new york hipster taking themselves far too seriously trying to be cool. gonna go big on this.

Love these dudes and almost everything they do. But this one is definitely a classic

This is great!

FLC gigs are the best. Usually small and intimate, Huey is a great host. Loved this since I heard the first single. Aged well. Perfect blend of chill and aggression. Still loving it today. Easy 5 stars.

So good

I like it too much to be objective.

Very good

Nostalgic for sure. Brought back so many memories. Used to love this album. Still do. But I used to too.

I had never heard of these guys before. This music made me move! I really liked this disc. I listened to the Expanded Version, which has many versions of several of their songs. It's a great showing of their creativity and command of different styles of music and recording.

Really-really good songs

I liked the look of the cover and 90s hip-hop/rap is up my alley. It was a treat!

Enjoyed this! Appreciated the country jazz and rock vibes

Loved this album.

Very cool album, love it.

Love these guys, legends.

Love the first song

Funky, upbeat and chillin.

Chill beats, chill bars, so many genres used perfectly

I really loved the sound and the flows on this album, just amazing.

Похоже на Gorillaz. Запоминающиеся мотивы, речетативы совмещенные с красивыми мелодиями. Биты качают. Тембры приятные

I said, Baby, baby, baby, this album has mucho grande style. I dig the vibe that runs through this album. I own this, and at various times, I can't get enough of it. They have a distinctive style. Jazz, hip hop, rap, rock, driving rhythms, story telling. I find the songs infective and many are frequently triggered in my head with certain stimuli from the environment. If someone says they were "running around", my brain adds in the beat and the lyrics, "robbin' banks all wacked..." Surprised to see this on the list, and thrilled. Especially as it followed the painful evermore.

Loved this

Awesome crossover jazz, hiphop, funk

Fantastic chilled album which will be played again

Great

Surprisingly mellow! Kinda bluesy.

This one was a real horizon-widener when I first heard it back in 1996. Laid back and chill, but with some of the hardest shredding I'd ever heard. It's just so classy, man. It's pure, distilled, Noo Yoik Siddy.

This sure didn’t look like it was gonna be my jam, but it sure is great! I love these guys! Lots of serious themes - some moving songs - but they seem to be having fun (as advertised). Great rhymes. I love the slow jams as much as the fast and fun songs. And remaking “We Have All The Time in the World”?! Very classy. Some great guitar work that really added to it all. Really great album!

Something new to me enjoyed it

top tier album

Very cool. Great fusion of hiphop, blues and rock. The lead singles still sound awesome but some of the other tracks let it down a little, the chorus’s get a bit formulaic.

Genuinely surprised at how fucking cool this album is, as I paid no attention to it back in the 90's. Such a killer blend of genres, and the beats and production on it are soooo good.

I am OBSESSED. This is so fun and funky. Reminds me a lot of an earlier version of gangstagrass, complete with all the best parts of the 90s. I can't stop dancing! Standouts include The Fun Lovin' Criminal, Bombin' The L, and I Can't Get With That.

I loved this. To me this album was a lot more interesting then most hiphop albums because of the more interesting use of instrument and the cross over with clear influences from different genres. Very cool

What can I say... 90's hip-hop is my jam.

My only regret was that I didn’t get this album on a Friday.

ЧУНГАЧАНГА

Fun Gloving

Never heard of 'em before but this was a fun groove with many surprises.

7/10. Had this on in the background, but seemed pretty good based on that, and I liked how it mixed genres.

I never really listened to them but I enjoyed this album.

Different

Better than expected, bit surprised to see it hear tbh, but was a fun if slightly silly ride.

Beastie boys but they rebranded as a 90’s garage band. Neat

Feels like a mix of ATCQ and Beastie Boys, nice

not my favorite but the variety was nice. 7/10

Very fun combination of hip hop, humor, and rock guitars. Less music samples than is typical of the genre. Has a definite Cypress Hill/Sublime/mid 90s vibe to it. Will give this album another spin in the future for sure.

Really enjoyed this. Wide range of styles, great for driving. Nothing skipped. Added.

Aggressively Noo Yawk, in the same way Ohio transplants on social media get when talking about a chopped cheese from their local bodega. But the FLC was the first gig I went to without my parents, and as such I have a soft spot a mile wide for these guys. A friend and I wore leather jackets and essentially slow-cooked ourselves. And the music on 'Come Find Yourself'? Surprisingly good! A genuine relic of the 1990s, it manages the quite unique feat of sounding dumb and classy at the same time. At one point the boys even anchor a track with an ersatz 'Smoke on the Water' riff. Mainly it sounds like lounge-lizard soul played by petty hoodlums. I can get with that.

I have a massive soft spot for this album. In 96, it got me into hip hop. Then I went off it because it wasn't great hip hop. Then I loved it again as my tastes broadened and I loved it's mix of hip hop, funk, lounge and rock. It's just such grand, silly fun.

I really enjoyed listening it this !4*

Surprisingly fun listen.

Eclectic and fun, horns and blues guitar and rap. Lyrics kinda meh.

Muchos chill

It was a surprisingly fun album. Would listen to again.

Pretty good! At some points, really great. I loved "Scooby Snacks" and "Passive/Aggressive". Overall, it was just a bit too long though. A couple songs could have been cut, and some songs went on too long. Still pretty good though, definitely glad I heard it.

Really really dope mix of smooth Rap / Rock and R&b tracks. Album art is accurate, great for cruisin'. Standout Tracks: Smoke Em', We Have All the Time in the World, Come Find Yourself, Crime and Punishment, Methadonia

This was a fun listen. Strangely, the guy rapped about joining the Marines vs going to jail and that's definitely a thing from when this came out.

One to play loud! Tunes galore. They never really bettered this, but what a debut.

What fun

All of their songs in that album was so exciting, mellow, and romantic. 古さを感じさせない、洒落た音色とノリ。メロウな感じも、ポップな感じも、色々感じられた。多面的な楽しみ方ができる 音楽だと思う。

Chill and vibey music making for good calcs. 8/10